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Prime Suspect
- Metascore65
- 2011-2012
- 1 season
- NBC
- Suspense, Drama
- TV-14
Jane Timoney, an iconoclastic female detective, must make her bones in a tough New York precinct that is dominated by men.
- Metascore65
- 2011-2012
- 1 season
- NBC
- Suspense, Drama
- TV-14
Jane Timoney, an iconoclastic female detective, must make her bones in a tough New York precinct that is dominated by men.
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